Intellectual property infringements

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Original creative works, inventions that have economic value are protected by law. Intellectual property laws reward the creators of original works by preventing others from copying, performing or distributing those works without permission. They also provide incentives for people to produce scientific and creative works that benefit society at large. Some types of intellectual property are automatically protected by law from the moment of their creation. Other types require a specific grant of rights from a government agency before they may be protected by law. Infringements of intellectual property influence for any country’s economy. Intellectual property is a peculiar type of property. There are 4 general types of intellectual property: patents, trademarks and trade dress, copyrights, and trade secrets. A patent is an exclusive right to make, use, and sell a new and useful process, machine granted to the inventor for a certain period of time. A trademark is a distinctive word, phrase, logo, a symbol or other device that is used to identify the origin of a product and to distinguish products from others. A copyright is the exclusive right to print, reproduce, sell art work, musical composition, movies, photographs. Infringements is any unauthorized use of a copyrighted work. A trade secret is a business process or information that can’t be patented and that must be protected from disclosure. Infringements of trade secret occurs if someone unlawfully gets hold of a trade secret and uses it in his own interests. Crimes related to IP rights infringements are fraud, forgery, theft, piracy and trafficking.